MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS - Week Ahead 12-18 January

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(MNI) London – All timings are subject to change.

Monday 12 January:

• Iran-US: US President Donald Trump hosts Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House at 10:30ET (15:30GMT, 16:30CET) with global focus on what, if anything, the US will do regarding the protests that have rocked Iran in recent weeks. Trump had threatened intervention, but also said the regime in Tehran had called and “want to negotiate” over a nuclear deal. A violent crackdown with hundreds of protesters believed to have been killed may have suppressed the anti-regime activity as of 12 January.
• India-Germany: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz continues a two-day state visit to India that will include talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the city of Ahmedabad. Merz will also visit Bengaluru for meetings with German firms based in India’s tech capital. The German chancellor raised the prospect of an EU-India free trade agreement being signed by the end of January, saying that the presidents of the European Commission and Council would travel to India to sign a deal if it can be finalised by then.

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